2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（6）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（6）

　　【2016高考训练】阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less.Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with your eyes closed.Imagine having to read this page，not with your eyes but with your finger­tips.

　　With existing medical knowledge and skills，two­thirds of the world's 42 million blind should not have to suffer.Unfortunately，rich countries possess most of this knowledge，while developing countries do not.

　　ORBIS is an international non­profit organization which operates the world's only flying teaching eye hospital.ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide.Inside a DC­8 aircraft，there is a fully­equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom.Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people here.Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.

　　ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three­week medical programs.ORBIS has taught sight­saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses，who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year.ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs in China so far.For the seven to ten million blind in China，ORBIS is planning to do more for them.At the moment an ORBIS team is working on a long­term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care services to Shanxi Province.ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

　　For just US $38，you can help one person see；for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people；$1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills；and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again.Your money can open their eyes to the world.Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.

　　1．The first paragraph is intended to ________.

　　A．introduce a new way of reading

　　B．advise the public to lead a simple life

　　C．direct the public's attention to the blind

　　D．encourage the public to use imagination

　　2．What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?

　　A．They are adequate.

　　B．They have not been updated.

　　C．They are not equally distributed.

　　D．They have benefited most of the blind.

　　．ORBIS aims to help the blind by ________.

　　A．teaching medical students

　　B．training doctors and nurses

　　C．running flying hospitals globally

　　D．setting up non­profit organizations

　　．What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?

　　A．Appeal for donations.

　　B．Make an advertisement.

　　C．Promote training programs.

　　D．Show sympathy for the blind.

　　．What can be the best title for the passage?

　　A．ORBIS in China

　　B．Fighting Blindness

　　C．ORBIS Flying Hospital

　　D．Sight­saving Techniques

　　答案：

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍一个旨在帮助失明人士的组织——ORBIS。大家行动起来和ORBIS一起，来帮助那些失明的朋友们。小小的捐助，就可以使他们和我们一样去感受这个世界的美好。

　　1．C　解析：考查写作意图。综观全文，作者希望大众通过想象失明人士的生活，以此引起人们对失明人士的关注，故选C。

　　．C　解析：考查细节理解。根据第二段最后一句话可知目前的医疗知识和技术分配不均衡。

　　．B　解析：考查细节理解。根据文章第三段和第四段首句可知ORBIS通过培训医务人员来帮助失明人士。

　　．A　解析：考查段落大意。由文章最后一段中不同金额的捐款所能产生的积极效果可知，最后作者是号召大众捐款帮助提高失明人士的生活质量。

　　．C　解析：考查标题判断。本文关键词为ORBIS，文章通篇都在介绍ORBIS通过他们的flying hospital帮助失明人士。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。(2015·福建)

　　Life can be so wonderful，full of adventure and joy.It can also be full of challenges，setbacks(挫折) and heartbreaks.Whatever our circumstances，we generally still have dreams，hopes and desires—that little something more we want for ourselves and our loved ones.Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem，because when we go to change the way we do things，up come the old patterns and pitfalls(陷阱) that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place.

　　This tension between what we feel we can have and what we're seemingly able to have is the niggling(烦人的) suffering，the anxiety we feel.This is where we usually think it's easier to just give up.But we're never meant to let go of the part of us that knows we can have more.The intelligence behind that knowing is us—the real us.It's the part that believes in life and its possibilities.If you drop that，you begin to feel a little “dead” inside because you're dropping “you”．

　　So，if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck，how do we break these patterns?

　　Decide on a new course and make one decision at a time.This is good advice for a new adventure or just getting through today's challenges.

　　While，deep down，we know we can do it，our mind—or the minds of those close to us—usually says we can't.That isn't a reason to stop; it's just the mind，that little man or woman on your shoulder，trying to talk you out of something again.It has done it many times before.It's all about starting simple and doing it now.

　　Decide and act before overthinking.When you do this you may feel a little，or large，release_from_the_jail_of_your_mind and you'll be on your way.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，作者介绍了在我们想要放弃的时候改变这种模式的一种方法就是重新选择目标并且迅速做出决定。

　　．It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that we should ________.

　　A．slow down and live a simple life

　　B．be careful when we choose to change

　　C．stick to our dreams under any circumstances

　　D．be content with what we already have

　　答案：C　细节理解题。文章第一段第三句Whatever our circumstances，we generally still have dreams，hopes and desires说不管在什么情况下，我们仍然有着梦想、希望和欲望。以及第二段最后一句If you drop that，you begin to feel a little “dead”inside because you're dropping “you”．如果你放弃了，你的内心会变得了无生机，因为你放下了你自己。故选C。

　　．What is the key to breaking the old patterns?

　　A．To focus on every detail.

　　B．To decide and take immediate action.

　　C．To listen to those close to us.

　　D．To think twice before we act.

　　答案：B　细节理解题。根据倒数第三段第一句Decide on a new course and make one decision at a time.可以知道为了打破旧格局需要决定一个新目标并且立刻做出决定。故选B。

　　3．Which of the following best explains the underlined part in the last paragraph?

　　A．Escape from your punishment.

　　B．Realization of your dreams.

　　C．Freedom from your tension.

　　D．Reduction of your expectations.

　　答案：C　推理判断题。根据画线句子可知其本意是逃出你内心的牢笼。结合上文中在过多思考之前快速决定和行动可以推测这个画线句子是指要从过多考虑的焦虑中解放自己。故选C。

　　．What does the author intend to tell us?

　　A．It's easier than we think to get what we want.

　　B．It's important to learn to accept sufferings in life.

　　C．It's impractical to change our way of thinking.

　　D．It's harder than we expect to follow a new course.

　　答案：A　写作意图题。从全文来看，作者主要是想要强调果断的行动而不是空想来实现自己的梦想和欲望，比起想要成功，行动更加容易。故选A。

　　2016高考训练题。阅读理解。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　The first time we started using it, we thought it would just be a bit of fun, a one-time thing.

　　__A__

　　“Let’s just give it a try,” my fiancée said. I was a bit nervous, but I knew some of our friends were already into it, and they said it was fine and that I should relax because everyone was doing it.“OK,” I agreed, convinced it would be harmless.

　　___B___

　　Before long, we were using it once a week. Then it became twice a week. We went from using it after work to using it in the mornings, and then at lunchtime, too.

　　Suddenly we reached a point where we were using it every day. Even when I wasn’t using it, I was thinking about using it. ___C___

　　That’s when I realized the terrible truth. We couldn’t stop.

　　Dear readers, it shames me to admit it, but I am an addict of online shopping site Taobao.

　　And I don't think I’m the only one. __D__

　　I see the telltale signs every where: People with bags under their eyes, clearly exhausted after staying up late browsing items they might one day need (but probably won’t)，like the 1940s leather aviator cap I bought in the event I ever need to become an aviator in the 1940s. I see co-workers furtively (偷偷摸摸地）sneaking down to the mailroom, eyes darting around suspiciously.

　　I know what's going through your mind as you read this.

　　“This isn’t me，” you’re thinking, “I can stop anytime I want.”

　　But can you?

　　In China you can get same day delivery for just about anything you buy online. In Australia, my home country, the same item would take weeks to arrive.

　　“It's the convenience," I said to my fiancée. “That’s why we're hooked.”

　　But is that convenience worth the risk of waking up one morning to discover you’ve been buried alive in masses of brand new women’s shoes?

　　In my case it’s probably not, especially because I suspect my fiancée won’t realize I'm missing until weeks later, when my credit card stops working and I've long since expired.

　　So what can you do to battle this terrible addiction?

　　Never fear, dear readers, because I've created a special five-step list to help you stop online shopping.

　　Step one: Acknowledge you have a problem. Resist buying adult-sized, Star Wars Stormtrooper outfit on Taobao. You don’t really need it.

　　Step two: Try not to feel guilty about buying adult-sized, Star Wars Stormtrooper outfit on Taobao.

　　Step three: Put the computer and smartphone away, get back to nature, and take a walk in the park.

　　Step four: Try not to feel guilty about buying a new outfit for your walk in the park. I mean, it was

　　on sale, right?

　　Step five: Buying a book on how to quit Taobao...from Taobao.

　　On second thoughts, maybe don’t listen to me, after all.

　　1. Where should the sentence “I have never been so wrong in my entire life.” be put in the passage?

　　A. In blank A.

　　B. In blank B.

　　C. In blank C.

　　D. In blank D.

　　2. The author writes the underlined paragraph to show ________.

　　A. Taobao is a popular and successful online shopping site

　　B. online shopping is an effective way to help relax

　　C. people today are fond of the 1940s leather aviator cap

　　D. quite a lot of people are hooked on online shopping

　　3. The author concludes this passage with a tone of________.

　　A. confidence and optimism

　　B. disappointment and disapproval

　　C. uncertainty and humor

　　D. confusion and sympathy

　　参考答案1—3、BDC

　　2016高考训练题。阅读理解。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Even before there were people, there were cases of air pollution. There were dust storms. Volcanoes erupted, sending ash and poisonous gases into the atmosphere. When people appeared on the scene and began their conquest of nature, they also began to pollute the air. They cleared land, which made possible even larger dust storms. They built cities, and the soot(煤烟) from their hearths filled the air. The Roman author Seneca wrote in AD 61 of the “stink, soot and heavy air” of the imperial city. In 1257, the Queen of England was forced to move away from the city of Nottingham because the heavy smoke was unbearable. The industrial revolution brought even worse air pollution. Coal was burned to power factories and to heat homes. Soot, smoke, and sulfur dioxide(二氧化硫) fill the air.

　　The good old days? Not in the factory towns. But there were large rural areas unaffected by air pollution.

　　With increasing population, the entire world is becoming more urban. It is the huge cities that are most affected by air pollution. But rural areas are not unaffected. In the neighborhoods around smoky factories, there is evidence of increased rates of spontaneous abortion(自然流产) and of poor wool quality in sheep, decreased egg production and a high death rate in chickens.

　　Traffic police in Tokyo have to wear gas masks and take “oxygen breaks”—breathing occasionally from tanks of oxygen. Smog in Athens at times has forced factory closings and traffic restrictions. Acid rain in Canada is caused by air pollution in the United States, contributing to strained relationships between the two countries. Sydney, Rome, Tehran, Ankara, Mexico City, and most other major cities in the world have had frightening experiences of air pollution.

　　One of the two major types of smog—consisting of smoke, fog, sulfur dioxide, sulfuring acid (H2SO4), ash and soot—is called London smog. Indeed, the word smog is thought to have originated in England in 1905 as a contraction of the words “smoke” and “fog”.

　　Probably the worst case of smog in history started in London on Thursday, 4 December, 1952. A large cold air mass moved into the valley of the Thames River. A temperature inversion placed a blanket of warm air over the cold air. With nightfall, a dense fog and below-freezing temperatures caused the people of London to put coal into their small stoves. Millions of these fires burned throughout the night, pouring sulfur dioxide and smoke into the air. The next day, Friday, the people continued to burn coal when the temperature remained below freezing. The factories added their smoke and chemical fumes to the atmosphere.

　　Saturday was a day of darkness. For twenty miles around London, no light came through the smog. The air was cold and still. And the coal fires continued to burn throughout the weekend. On Monday, 8 December, more than one hundred people died of heart attacks while trying desperately to breathe. By the time a breeze cleared the air on Tuesday, 9 December, more than 4,000 deaths had been caused by the smog.

　　Soot and ash can be removed by electrostatic precipitators(静电吸尘器). Unfortunately, they use large amounts of electricity, and the electrical energy, which is hardly affordable for most of us, has to come from somewhere. Fly ash removed from the air has to be put on the land or water, although it could be used in some way.

　　The elimination(去除) of sulfur dioxide is more difficult. Low-sulfur coal is rare and expensive. Although sulfur can be washed from finely pulverized(粉末化) coal, the process is expensive. There are also processes for changing dirty coal into clean liquid and gaseous fuels. These processes may hold promise for the future, but they are too expensive to compete economically with other fuels at present. They also waste a part of the coal’s energy.

　　1. What is the passage mainly talking about?

　　A. The type and form of pollution .

　　B. The cause and effect of pollution.

　　C. The situation and elimination of pollution.

　　D. The concept and examples of pollution.

　　2. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

　　A. Human beings should not have begun their conquest of nature.

　　B. Human activities contribute more to pollution than natural disasters do.

　　C. Seneca and the Queen of England were both over-sensitive to air pollution.

　　D. The industrial revolution was a disadvantage in terms of air pollution.

　　3. With the example of “decreased egg production” in Paragraph 3, the author intends to_______

　　A. explain why the world is becoming more urban

　　B. indicate that heavy pollution also exists in rural areas

　　C. show that large cities are most affected by air pollution

　　D. prove smoky factories are more affected by air pollution

　　4. What is the right order about the 1952 London Smog?

　　a. A breeze cleared the air of London.

　　b. Thousands of people died.

　　c. There was a day of darkness in London.

　　d. A large cold air mass caused a blanket of warm air over London.

　　e. London people made continuous fires from coal to keep warm.

　　A. d-e-c-b-a

　　B. c-e-d-a-b C. d-c-e-b-a

　　D. c-d-e-a-b

　　5. What does the author mainly want to say in the last two paragraphs?

　　A. The technology to remove air pollution is only currently in development.

　　B. Society must be prepared to spend whatever it takes to eliminate air pollution.

　　C. Air pollution control is too costly to be achieved at the current time.

　　D. Pollution can be controlled using man-made scientific techniques.

　　6. It can be inferred that when writing this article, the author was in a(an) ____mood about the topic. 

　　A. sympathetic

　　B. optimistic

　　C. desperate

　　D. concerned

　　参考答案1—6、CDBACD